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JLine is a Java library for handling console input. It is similar in functionality to [BSD editline](http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/) and [GNU readline](http://www.gnu.org/s/readline/) but with additional features that bring it in par with [ZSH line editor](http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Zsh-Line-Editor.html). People familiar with the readline/editline capabilities for modern shells (such as bash and tcsh) will find most of the command editing features of JLine to be familiar.

JLine 3.x is an evolution of [JLine 2.x](https://github.com/jline/jline2).

License

JLine is distributed under the [BSD License](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php), meaning that you are completely free to redistribute, modify, or sell it with almost no restrictions.

Demos

• [Widgets and Keymaps](Demo%20Widgets%20and%20Keymaps)

Documentation

• [Terminals](Terminals)

• [LineReader](LineReader)

• [Completion](Completion)

• [Highlighting and parsing](Highlighting%20and%20parsing)

• [Logging](Logging)

Forums

• [jline-users](https://groups.google.com/group/jline-users)

• [jline-dev](https://groups.google.com/group/jline-dev)